Supreme Court Lands Blow to EPA’s Jurisdiction Over Wetlands
The ability of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to regulate water pollution has been severely limited by the Supreme Court ...
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Matthew Inui
- Mar 7
- 4 min
Weekly News Blast | Feb. 26 - Mar. 5
Since the UK left the European Union (EU) in 2020, Northern Ireland (which remains part of the UK but shares a land border with the indep...
Matthew Inui
- Mar 7
- 4 min
Spy Balloons Spell Uncertainty for Already Fraying U.S.-China Relations
On January 28, a suspected Chinese surveillance balloon was detected in U.S. airspace near the Canadian border. After transiting over Can...
Matthew Inui
- Jan 30
- 4 min
McCarthy Wins The Speaker Election, But At What Cost?
On January 6, exactly two years after protestors stormed Capitol Hill and breached the halls of Congress, Republican Representative Kevin...
Matthew Inui
- Jan 30
- 4 min
Weekly News Blast | Jan. 22-29
This week, former Vice President Mike Pence reported that his staff had found a “small number of documents” from his time in the White Ho...
Matthew Inui
- Dec 29, 2022
- 4 min
Weekly News Blast | Nov. 6-13
On November 6, 2022, the 27th Conference of the Parties (COP27) convened in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt. In the following days, delegates and ...
Matthew Inui
- Oct 12, 2022
- 4 min
Affidavit for FBI Mar-a-Lago Raid Released
On August 8, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agents executed a search warrant at former president Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Resort ...
Matthew Inui
- Oct 12, 2022
- 4 min
Weekly News Blast Sept. 11-18
A summary of notable events from the previous week.
1. Ukraine Reclaims Kharkiv Region From Russian Control
On September 11, Russia for...
Matthew Inui
- Aug 6, 2022
- 4 min
Democrats Announce Economic Deal Investing in Energy and Health Care
On July 18, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced that he and moderate Democratic Senator Joe Manchin had compromised on a new...
Matthew Inui
- Jul 13, 2022
- 3 min
Department of Labor Reports Highest Inflationary Increase in 40 Years
In their May report, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the Consumer Price Index (CPI), a measure of the relative amount...
Matthew Inui
- Jul 10, 2022
- 4 min
Surprise Testimony from Staffer Provides Insight into Trump’s Response to January 6
Created “to investigate and report upon the facts and causes relating to the January 6, 2021, domestic terrorist attack...
Matthew Inui
- Jun 15, 2022
- 3 min
Weekly News Blast | May 29-Jun. 5
Major events from the past week: the Supreme Court blocks a law regulating social media companies, shooting in Tulsa, Johnny Depp wins...
Matthew Inui
- May 20, 2022
- 4 min
Weekly News Blast | May 8-15
A summary of key world events from the past week: Russia celebrates Victory Day, abortion protection bill fails, COVID-19 in North Korea...
Matthew Inui
- May 9, 2022
- 3 min
To Mask or To Not: The Enduring Battle of the Mask Mandate
Masking mandates in public areas have remained one of the most controversial policies in the last few years as governments try to balance...
Matthew Inui
- Apr 26, 2022
- 3 min
Weekly News Blast | Apr. 17-24
A recap of key developments from the last week: White House Easter Egg Roll 2022, Arizona wildfire evacuations, Biden signs Earth Day...
Matthew Inui
- Apr 4, 2022
- 3 min
Weekly News Blast | Mar. 27-Apr. 1
Three of this week's most prominent headlines: developments in Ukraine, controversy at the Academy Awards, antilynching bill becomes law.
Matthew Inui
- Apr 2, 2022
- 4 min
Florida Education Bill Causes National Controversy
Two weeks after passage in the House, the Florida Senate voted to pass SB 1834, the Parental Rights in Education Bill, on March 8, 2022...
Matthew Inui
- Mar 9, 2022
- 4 min
The West Responds to the Invasion of Ukraine
Tensions first began building two days before the invasion when Putin declared the Donetsk and Luhansk regions in Ukraine independent...
Matthew Inui
- Jan 30, 2022
- 4 min
Eastern Ukraine: A Territorial Dispute Turned International Concern
For close to 70 years, Ukraine, formerly known as the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, had been a part of the Soviet Union...
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